Quick Hit: Reitman Forgets Origins of 13-Year Old Award
In a Daily article that I mentioned in my previous post, Reitman boasted of an award given to Tufts University. Unfortunately it seems that he got a few things mixed up.
Reitman added that far from noncompliance, Tufts has been recognized for its adherence to the Clery Act. “The university, through the Department of Public Safety, has been a recipient of an award from the Clery Foundation for being a model in meeting the requirements of the [Jeanne] Clery Initiative,” he said. The Daily could not independently confirm the award, as the Clery Foundation does not have an online presence.
A quick Google search of “Tufts” “award” and “Clery” shows that the University was given an award (in 1997 - when the policies were different, mind you) called the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award. However the award was not given by the Clery Foundation as Reitman claims. It was given by the very same organization that emailed him warning about Tufts current policies - Security On Campus. In fact, the TUPD front page had the award on its front page until recently - as the last Google cache from this Monday (12/13) shows us.
Not quite from the Clery Foundation
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Originally published at Tufts University Survivors of Sexual Violence. You can comment here or there.